This video includes a series of film clips depicting an attack upon, and subsequent feeding on, an orchard spider (Leucauge venusta) by the woodland jumping spider (Thiodina sylvana). Macro clips have sufficient detail to allow the viewer to see the process of fluid movement during the feeding process.


This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

Producer: David Edwin Hill
Production Company: David Edwin Hill
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Thiodina; jumping spider; spider; salticid; Salticidae; behavior; predation
Contact Information: Contact me at platycryptus@yahoo.com

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

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